Line-guide for fishing-reels.



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LINE GUIDE FOR FISHING REEIS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 3. 19".

1,258,804. Patented Mar. 12, 1918;

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-Be' itknownthat we, MA-xrMrLIANJ. Orro and: J'osEr-H T. Orro, both'citizens 'of'the' ,MAxmI-Lmiv J o'rTo'ANnaosErH-r. mmm'e $63K, N. Y.

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United States, residing in. the borough of Manhattan, city, county, andState 10f New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLine-Guides for'Fishing- Reels, of which the following is'" aspecification. v

This invention relates to guiding means for lines for fishing rods orpoles: and, particularly, relates to adevice adaptable to all sizes of.rods and capableof'preventing the fishing line from 'entangling orbecomlngtwisted about the journalsof the reel.

Among the objects of'ourinvention may be noted the following'zto,provide means-by which the line may be accurately guided to the reel andprevented from being twisted about the journals of the reelon either oneside' or the other to provide a: line-guide. for. reels for fishingrods, which may be adapted to any size rod. andadjusted along the sameto any desired position relatively to the reel; to provide means bywhich i the line. maybe accuratelyguided to the reel and caused to besubstantially evenly distributed on the reel while winding; andlto-provide certain details of .construction which make the guidingmeans simple, eifective, strong and cheap to manufacture.

With the above objects in view and others which will be detailed duringthe course of this description, our invention consists in the parts,features, elements and combinations thereof hereinafter described andclaimed.

In order that our invention may be clearly understood, we have provideddrawings wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the rod and reel thereof, having our guidingdevice attached thereto; 7

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the reeland guide in front elevation;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the guiding device; and

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the reel and a portion of the rod,showing means for attaching the reel to the rod, and the means forattaching the guide to the rod.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the rod or pole,2 thehandle thereof, which is usually wound with textile ma.- terial so as toenlarge the same and provide a grip. The reel is indicated at 3 and theSpecification of Letters fatent.

line at e. The reel is us'ually-detachably mounted-upon the rod as bysliding-clips -5 engaginga carrierfi affording the journal 7 for thereelon which the latter-freely tun-is,

Patented Mar. 12, 1918. Application'fi1ttJu1y3fl917, seiieiivasivaasa Ibut which may be retarded by africtional device in the form' ofa;screw=threaded nut provided for winding the line-juponithe'reel. 7

Our-gut Fig. 3, and therein thebodyportion is shown to consist of anelonga'ted curved member l0, having a: slot" 1-1 extendinglongitudinally thereof, and the curvature of the member bemgsubstantially that of the curvature of the a periphery of the reel. Atoneend, the memher is provided with an extension 12 at an angle theretoand terminating in a circular clamping collar 13, the terminal ends 140iwhichnormally extend substantially parallel to-ea'ch other. The terminalends have a screwet'hreadedbolt 15 passing therethrough, one-end ofwhich isiheaded as at 1 6', and on the screw-threaded end? of which 7 isturned the winged thumbnut. l'7, the head and the nut operatingtodrawthe parallelends of the clamp together' to: cause the' circular portionor collar to frictionally engage anel V dmg device iss'hown indetails intightly clamp'the handle of the rod adjacent the-reel, as shown inFigs.-1, 2 and 4:. By:

this means, the guiding device can be adapted' to any sizehandleor-an'ysiz'e 'fishing'ro'd' and can be adjustedlongitudinally ofthe lat ter to locate the guidingmember properly relatively to the reel.By this. means, also, the guiding device is rendered detachable as willbe readily understood.

The guiding member at its free end is, preferably, rounded, and near itsrounded end is provided with apertured lugs 18 extending at aright-angle to the bars 19 of the member. Ananti-frictional roller 20 isj ournaled in the lugs 18 and is free to turn in' the latter in responseto light friction applied thereto as the line isrun off or on the reel.By extending the lugs from the outer edge of the bars 19 of the guidingmember, a

the said bars shield the journals of the roller and prevent the linefrom becoming entangled therewith, the bars operating to cover thejournals and confine the movements of the line withinthe elongated slot11 of the guiding member.

Upon reference to Figs. 1 and 4, the mode of operation'will be readilyunderstood, and it w1ll beseen that, in paying off the reel, the linemay or may not run in contact with the anti-frictional roll, accordingto whether the line' is taut or slightly slack or becomes slack fromrapid paying-01f. If the line be comes slack, as shown by the dot anddash line of Fig. 1, it cannot, under any circum- I stance, becomeentangled With the journal- Well under and shielded by the bars of theguiding member. The roller 20 also has the function of aiding in evenlydistributing the line upon the reel in Winding, since it presents asmooth, non-frictional surface to the line and the tendency of thelatter to pile in one place is thereby overcome. Tangling and breakingthe line on the reel is, therei fore, overcome.

It will also be understood that the guiding device may be adjusted anydistance desired relatively to the reel along the pole; and that, asbefore noted, it can be adapted to poles of varying sizes. The guidingmember can be detached to pack the rod and other parts When required,since it isindependent of the reel. This feature is also importantbecause one guiding device can be used with several reels of varyingsize.

Having thus described our invention, What We claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is: r V

1. A line guide for fishing rods, comprising an elongated,longitudinally curved,

guiding member, having ai line guiding slot therein extendingsubstantially the length thereof, said member being provided With aclamping c0llar,.for encircling a rod, laterally olfset'from the guidingmember and arranged at an angle to the length thereof, the passagethrough the collar for the rod and the slot in the member for the linebeing at an angle to each other.

2. A guiding device for lines for fishing rods, comprisinga curved,elongated, guiding member for cooperation with thereel and having alongltudlnal slot; an 311th frictional guiding means journaled on the.

said member at one end of the slot and ex-. tended across the latter;and taching the device to a rod.

3. A line guide for fishing rods,. comprising a slotted member havingparallel bars;

journal bearings projecting from said bars,

an anti-frictional roller journaled in said bearings and extended acrossthe slot, the bars and bearings'being arranged to cover the journalsWhen the guide is in place on the rod to prevent the line from becomingentangled With the j ournals; andmeans for se-- curing the guide to therod.

"4. In combination With a fishing rod and the reel thereof, a line-guidehaving a guiding member curved to conform With the periphery of the reeland arranged in advance of the reel close to the latter in the run ofthe line, and means for adjusting the guiding member on the rodrelatively to the reeland for detachably securing said member to therod.

MAXIMILIAN J. QTTO.

JOSEPH T. OTTO.

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